Examples of household taste . here in avery pretty woodlandvines surround theferns and form apleasing tangle inthe border. A curtain of atotally differentstyle, and one es- Lamp-post: German Court, INDUSTRIAL ART. 251 sentially French in character, is seen in the next illustration on page 245, whichis engraved as a specimen of lace exhibited in the French Court. This curtain,from the pictorial nature of the design, is evidently intended to hang perfectlyflat, as otherwise theharmony of the out-line would be , too, about theborder we have fernsand wood-plants in-ter
Examples of household taste . here in avery pretty woodlandvines surround theferns and form apleasing tangle inthe border. A curtain of atotally differentstyle, and one es- Lamp-post: German Court, INDUSTRIAL ART. 251 sentially French in character, is seen in the next illustration on page 245, whichis engraved as a specimen of lace exhibited in the French Court. This curtain,from the pictorial nature of the design, is evidently intended to hang perfectlyflat, as otherwise theharmony of the out-line would be , too, about theborder we have fernsand wood-plants in-terwoven with scrolls,but the central subjectis a little naked Cupidstanding upon a pe-destal, and bearingupon his shoulder asheaf of lilies whichhe has been gather-ing. Springing upon either hand andframing him with theirleaves are floweringgrasses, while abovethe little fellow aresuspended the em-blems of his craft,guarded over bybirds. It is pleasantto picture in onesmind all the appoint-ments of a room inwhich such curtains. as these would be hung, for unless it was one equally rich in its details, any-thing so elaborate as these hangings would be out of place. The great advance that has been made in artistic metal-working in this 252 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITI0N, 1876. country within late years was excellently well illustrated by the various displaysmade by the several exhibitors in the section of the United States department
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